The Oath Laura Poitras, USA 2010, 96 min International Premiere 13 February 2010 Delphi Filmpalast, Berlin The history should be known: In November 2001, Afghan forces captured Salim Hamdan in Kandahar. Although not a member of al Qaeda, Hamdan worked for Osama bin Laden as his paid driver. In May 2002, Hamdan was transferred to […]
Medicare Drug Planners Now Lobbyists, With Billions at Stake
Four years ago, a group of lawmakers and aides crafted Medicare Part D, the prescription drug program for seniors that has produced billions of dollars of profits for pharmaceutical companies. Today, at least 25 of those key players are back, but this time they’re lobbyists, trying to persuade their former colleagues to protect the lucrative […]
You can’t have it both ways.
The idea that when government steps in to protect you from yourself it is repugnant and overstepping its boundaries doesn’t fit with support for government intervention in other individuals lives. One of governments roles is to protect us from others. That is valid and useful. But when government forces itself and its rules on an […]
Los Angeles District Attorney to Crack Down on Pot Shops
Medical Marijuana has been legal in the state of California for about 10 years, but the Los Angeles district attorney has announced he will go on the offensive against a "vast majority" of the Medical Marijuana clinics Dozens of clinics operate under a 1996 initiative that allows medical marijuana use, and a state law […]
Abortion drug RU-486 legalized in Italy
After years of fitful and controversial debates, the government of Italy has legalized the use of the abortion drug RU-486. Despite enormous contrariety and threats of immediate excommunication coming from the Vatican. Italy’s drug regulating body, the Italian Drug Agency after a long and woeful deliberation ruled the legalization of the said drug. RU-486 is […]
USA: The battle over medical marijuana
In the United States, 13 states currently allow citizens to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, but even these limited rights are under threat. In response, many Americans have created blogs to support and extend the legalization of marijuana. The American debate over legalizing marijuana (cannabis) can be traced back to the early 1900s when people […]
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